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Unlike a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, which typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male's range will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as many as 600.

Important thing to note here is that the parallelism should be maintained.:-
1) Either Female bear should be compared with male bear.
2) or Female bear's range should be compared with male bear's range

A. Unlike a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, which typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male's range will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as
WRONG COMPARISON

B. Unlike the range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, typically occupying 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally so
WRONG COMPARISON

C. While the typical range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies is 50 to 300 square miles, with males, their range can cover 200 to 500 square miles and occasionally so
WRONG COMPARISON

D. Whereas a female grizzly bear in the Rockies typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as
CORRECT COMPARISON

E. The typical range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies is 50 to 300 square miles, unlike males, which will cover 200 to 500 square miles and occasionally as
WRONG COMPARISON

ANSWER IS D





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Unlike a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, which typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male’s range will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as many as 600.

A. Unlike a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, which typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male’s range will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as
B. Unlike the range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, typically occupying 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally so
C. While the typical range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies is 50 to 300 square miles, with males, their range can cover 200 to 500 square miles and occasionally so
D. Whereas a female grizzly bear in the Rockies typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as
E. The typical range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies is 50 to 300 square miles, unlike males, which will cover 200 to 500 square miles and occasionally as
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Unlike a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, which typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male’s range will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as many as 600.

A. Unlike a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, which typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male’s range will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as
B. Unlike the range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, typically occupying 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally so
C. While the typical range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies is 50 to 300 square miles, with males, their range can cover 200 to 500 square miles and occasionally so
D. Whereas a female grizzly bear in the Rockies typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as
E. The typical range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies is 50 to 300 square miles, unlike males, which will cover 200 to 500 square miles and occasionally as

as many as is the right idiom. B and C are out.

In A 'which' incorrectly modifies 'rockies'. It must modify 'Bear' instead.

In E Males are compared with 'range' incorrectly.

D is the correct answer
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I as for as I know
'Whereas' and 'while' show clauses in direct opposition to each other
•Whereas you have lots of time to do your homework, I have very little time indeed.
•Mary is rich, while I am poor

here whereas X ,Y will
Will -Express future intent
confused by the tense here, hope someone can clarify
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Unlike a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, which typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male’s range will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as many as 600.

A. Unlike a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, which typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male’s range will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as - illogical comparison ; which incorrectly modifies Rockies
B. Unlike the range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, typically occupying 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally so - illogical comparison ; so many as is incorrect idiom
C. While the typical range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies is 50 to 300 square miles, with males, their range can cover 200 to 500 square miles and occasionally so - so many as is incorrect idiom
D. Whereas a female grizzly bear in the Rockies typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as - Correct
E. The typical range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies is 50 to 300 square miles, unlike males, which will cover 200 to 500 square miles and occasionally as - illogical comparison

Answer D
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Only D has the correct comparison , C could have been a contender but it lost the chance when it changed the meaning and also introduced a pronoun number error(their referring to the bear)

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Hi,
Can any expert explain option D with respect to verb, parallelism and meaning clarity?

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Can any expert explain option D with respect to verb, parallelism and meaning clarity?
I can help with the first part of your question. Option D is:

Whereas a female grizzly bear in the Rockies typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as
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Hello, Can any expert, daagh/Veritaskarishma/generis/ajitesharun/GMATninja) please clarify my queries?
Does not verb shift distort the meaning of the sentence in option D?
Can anyone explain parallelism in second part of the sentence (option D)?

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Hello, Can any expert, daagh/Veritaskarishma/generis/ajitesharun/GMATninja) please clarify my queries?
Does not verb shift distort the meaning of the sentence in option D?
Can anyone explain parallelism in second part of the sentence (option D)?
Hi Raxit85,

It'd help if you could give me an idea about how you are looking at option D. What are the meaning and parallelism issues you've identified?

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In option D, first part of comparison(before comma) mentions present tense, meant process of occupying usually happens but in second part of suddenly verb changed to future tense. Does the context really required to shift the verb tense???
Regarding parallelism query, I got clarity. According to me, second part of sentence represents parallelism between noun phrase, I.e. a male will cover 200 to 500 and a male will cover occasionally as many as 600.
I was thinking wrongly about usage of "and" with respect to meaning.

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In option D, first part of comparison(before comma) mentions present tense, meant process of occupying usually happens but in second part of suddenly verb changed to future tense. Does the context really required to shift the verb tense???
Regarding parallelism query, I got clarity. According to me, second part of sentence represents parallelism between noun phrase, I.e. a male will cover 200 to 500 and a male will cover occasionally as many as 600.
I was thinking wrongly about usage of "and" with respect to meaning.
That's a great question. We could read that portion as "a male will cover X miles (in its lifetime)" to understand the meaning (the intended meaning of the sentence is more "general" than "lifetime" though). This is a valid way to talk about what someone or something will generally do. For example:

A star will burn more than X tons of hydrogen in its lifetime.

We won't worry too much about the fact that the tenses are different in the first and second halves of option D. They don't have to be the same (we don't have to make sure that every verb in a sentence has the same tense).

As for the as many as: you're absolutely right. It's meant to be read as as many as 600 (miles).
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Unlike a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, which typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male’s range will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as many as 600.

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(A) Unlike a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, which typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male’s range will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as
female grizzly bear compared to range - wrong
Quote:
(B) Unlike the range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, typically occupying 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally so
range of a female grizzly bear compared to male
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(C) While the typical range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies is 50 to 300 square miles, with males, their range can cover 200 to 500 square miles and occasionally so
range of a female grizzly bear compared to male.
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(D) Whereas a female grizzly bear in the Rockies typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as
Correct comparison. Female grizzly bear is compared to male bear.
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(E) The typical range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies is 50 to 300 square miles, unlike males, which will cover 200 to 500 square miles and occasionally as
range of female bear compared with males. wrong
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Unlike a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, which typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male’s range will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as many as 600.

(A) Unlike a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, which typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male’s range will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as

(B) Unlike the range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies, typically occupying 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally so

(C) While the typical range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies is 50 to 300 square miles, with males, their range can cover 200 to 500 square miles and occasionally so

(D) Whereas a female grizzly bear in the Rockies typically occupies a range of 50 to 300 square miles, a male will cover 200 to 500 and occasionally as

(E) The typical range of a female grizzly bear in the Rockies is 50 to 300 square miles, unlike males, which will cover 200 to 500 square miles and occasionally as

This question is based on Comparison.

A sentence that begins with the conjunctions ‘unlike’ or ‘whereas’ conveys a comparison between two things. The noun/noun phrase placed immediately after the conjunction is the thing being compared. So, a comparable noun/noun phrase must be placed after the comma.

In Option A, a female grizzly bear is being compared with a male’s range. So, Option A can be eliminated.

In Option B, the range of a female grizzly bear is compared with a male. So, Option B can also be ruled out. The other comparative phrase at the end of the sentence should be “as many as”. However, in this option the phrase “so many as” has been used. This phrase is used only to express a negative idea. So, Option B can be ruled out.

In Option C, the typical range of a female grizzly bear is compared with the phrase with males. The phrase “so many as” has been repeated in this option too. So, Option C can be eliminated.

In Option D a female grizzly bear is correctly compared with a male. So, Option D is correct.

In Option E the typical range of a female grizzly bear is compared with males. So, Option E can also be eliminated.

Therefore, D is the most appropriate option.

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what is the difference between "so...as" and "as...as"?
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